Join us for the 41st Governor's Conference on Energy and the Environment.
AGENDA:
Day 1 | October 19
11:00 Registration & Exhibits
1:00 Opening Remarks
Secretary Charles Snavely, Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet
1:05 Legislative Panel
Moderator: Renee Shaw, Host, Kentucky Educational Television
Jared Carpenter, Chairman, Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Energy
Jim Gooch, Chairman, House Committee on Natural Resources & Energy
Tom FitzGerald, Director, Kentucky Resources Council
Dave Adkisson, President & CEO, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Charles Snavely, Secretary, Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet
2:30 Natural Resources: Initiatives, Successes and Challenges
Introductions: Danny Hall, Executive Director, KY Reclamation Guaranty Fund
Courtney Skaggs, Director, KY Division of Mine Reclamation & Enforcement
Bob Scott, Director, KY Division of Abandoned Mine Lands
James Wright, Director, KY Division of Forestry
Dennis Hatfield, Director, KY Division of Oil and Gas
3:30 Break & Exhibits
3:45 Energy Session
Introduction: Rick Bender, Executive Advisor, DEDI
Chandu Visweswariah, PhD, President & CEO, Utopus Insights, Inc.
4:30 Reception
Day 2 | October 20
8:00 Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
8:30 Energy Session
Introduction: Talina Mathews, PhD, Commissioner, KY PSC
Travis Kavulla, Commissioner, Montana Public Service Commission
9:15 Environment Session
Introduction: Aaron Keatley, Commissioner, KY DEP
Kenneth Wagner, Senior Advisor for Regional and State Affairs, US EPA
10:00 Break & Exhibits
10:15 Environmental Protection: Celebrating Our Past, Investing in Our Future
Moderator: Aaron Keatley, Commissioner, KY DEP
Kell Kelly, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Trey Glenn, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Atlanta Regional Office
John Bevington, Deputy Commissioner for Business Development,
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Kate Shanks, Director for Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Tony Hatton, Deputy Commissioner, Kentucky Department For
Environmental Protection
Pete Goodmann, Director, Division of Water, Kentucky Department For
Environmental Protection
Panel Discussion
11:45 Keynote Address by Governor Matthew G. Bevin
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Introduction by Secretary Charles G. Snavely
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
12:15 Awards Luncheon
** Kentucky state government employees that would like to have their registration costs interaccounted please use discount code Interaccount when checking out.